Category: South Africa
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Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP)-Bio
Jabulani Tsambo also known as Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP), is an award winning South African rapper who tends to perform in different ethnic languages, but mainly Setswana. Initially he was in a group called Verbal Assassins who had their debut album,“Party”, in 1997 when working with producer Chicco Twala. However, the group later split afterRead…
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AKA: Biography
AKA is a South African mainstream rap artist. He was born in Cape Town on January 28, 1988. AKA’s birth name is Kiernan Jordan Forbes. The rapper rose to fame after having joined a group with his two school mates. The rap group arose in 2002 and managed to garner a large number of successes;Read…
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AKA: Music Review
AKA is a South African rapper-producer who has been able to garner an extreme level of success within his own country. AKA has mastered the art of engineering and has pioneered through the production of the majority of his own music. Upon reviewing some of the rapper’s music I was surprised to hear so manyRead…
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Kwesta
Biography Senzo Vilakazi has been a rapper and songwriter since the early 2000’s. His stage name is Kwesta and emerging poet in high school from Johannesburg when he discovered his talent through awards and shows. The positive feedback from his audience led him to look into and expand his passion. He was so confident inRead…
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Toya DeLazy- Music Review
Besides having Royalty in her veins, Toya DeLazy was born with musical talent in her blood because her great grandmother was a composer. She chose to study Jazz piano and was signed a record deal on April 19, 2011and had her first big hit with the single “Pump it on.” That same year she performedRead…
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Black Noise
Biography Black Noise is an African hip-hop group that contains survivors of the breakdance era. The group initially started out performing specifically dances and then later branched out to MCing. Through their rhymes, Black Noise decided that they wanted to share meaningful verses that would be memorable and educational. In addition, they wanted to createRead…
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Arthur Mafokate
Biography African artist Arthur Mafokate is a profound artist that is well-known for his association to kwaito music. In fact, musicians and fans acknowledge him as the kwaito originator. Kwaito is a music genre that emerged during the 1990’s. The sound is a mixture of house music featuring African samples and sounds and the beats areRead…
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Toya DeLazy- biography
Toya DeLazy whose original name is Latoya Nontokozo Buthelezi was born on February 5, 1990 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is the grand-daughter of Mangosuthu Buthelezi a politician and founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the great grand-daughter of Princess Magogo who was a traditional Zulu composer. Toya grew up in a religious settingRead…
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Ifani: music review
Ifani is nt your average rapper, which brings something completly new to the Soth African hip hip industry. His album, I Believe in Me will quite literally crack you up and add some truth to the stereotype that Xhosa guys are the funniest. An album with a few English words scattered here and there itRead…
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Kwesta: music review
Kwesta’s debut ablum, Special Rekwest gave South Africa something they were not use too musically. Buttabing, the label Kwesta was signed to was known for their artist with agrressive styles of music. Three years later and Kwesta has branched out on his own and released DaKAR. On first listen the album is surprisingly dark, althoughRead…